Michigan Tea Party Scorecard - 2013 Q1 Q2 only

Created by rhamman

This is the scorecard for the first and second quarters of 2013. We did not publish a Q1 scorecard due to the very low number of scored votes. See the 2013 YTD scorecard for cumulative scores. The Michigan Tea Party Scorecard is published quarterly, and scores votes deemed to be on core tea party issues - fiscal responsibility, limited government, and private sector job creation. Most straight party line votes are excluded, as are "messy" bills with conflicting content. For more information see www.watchingmichigan.com. The scorecard is a public service of Independents for Responsible Government www.I4RG.com. NOTE: the vote on expanding Medicaid is intentionally included twice to give it the extra importance that it has with conservative citizens.

DISCLAIMER: This report was prepared by a user of the www.michiganvotes.org site. The www.michiganvotes.org site is not responsible for the scores, nor the preferred vote.

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House Bill 4369:HB 4369 - “Education achievement authority”Codify in statute the powers and structure of a state “education achievement authority” (already created by means of an administrative “interlocal agreement”), which is an office in the Department of Education tasked with managing, overseeing or contracting-out the operations of public schools deemed to have failed academically.House Roll Call 66 on Mar. 5, 2013.